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this is has a lot do with our attention span. it has slowly been in decline ever since scrolling took over. the running animation over content tires us out and
by marvindanig 7y ago
this is has a lot do with our attention span. it has slowly been in decline ever since scrolling took over. the running animation over content tires us out and it is hard for the eyes to follow and track lines.
whenever somebody asks me how do people read on the web?, I say: they don’t. people rarely read web pages word by word.
instead they scan for information with keywords, uninvested and disinterested, ala, lowered attention span, less commitment.
this behavior immediately translates to poor results on everything and MOOCs aren’t any different.
- vezycash 7y agoI've many Udemy courses and my observation is this: Most course creators do absolutely no video editing. Sure they slap in an intro but that's it. So you'll get a lot of umms, & silence, waiting for the creator to gather their thoughts. There's also a lot of filler content. So a 2 hour course might have 1.5 hours of history, reasons for the course, setting things up and 30 minutes of useful stuff. So I watch most videos at 1.5x speed or more. I also download Udemy videos for offline view - therefore, Udemy doesn't know which courses I've left untouched, started, abandoned halfway or completed.